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The inclusion of sign language interpreters provided persons with hearing loss access to social, economic and legal services and highlighted equal access to justice and government services as human rights during a recent outreach at the Nausori market coordinated by the government officers and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Business leaders, government officials, representatives from the United Nations and Pacific regional agencies gathered in Bonn for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), showcased successful examples of new private sector networks in improving coordination of resilience and humanitarian activities in the Pacific region.

The project is supporting the Government of Fiji in strengthening their national capacities to effectively and efficiently plan for, access, manage, deploy and monitor climate financing in particular through the Green Climate Fund once it is fully operational.

The project addresses the identified cross-cutting issues including the review and formulation of relevant legislations and policies, the promotion and establishment of cross-sector cooperation and the establishment of proper performance and reporting mechanisms.

UNDP in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, the Vanuatu Youth Council and the Vanuatu Young Entrepreneurs Council, hosted a three-day National Dialogue on Youth Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu.

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The CFRGA reiterated the extreme vulnerability of Tonga to climate change and geo hazards, including earthquakes, volcanic activity, tsunami, landslides, cyclones and tropical storms. The assessment clearly demonstrated that these already significant future impacts on Tonga’s economy would only worsen with a range of additional climate change impacts, including sea level rise, increases in temperature, changes in rainfall and ocean acidification.

Traditional leaders across Fiji’s iTaukei communities are in dire need of skills building and leadership training to cope with the governance challenges of a country at a crossroad between modernization and traditionalism.